Mary Manhardt

Filmes

Greener Pastures
Editorial Consultant
Greener Pastures captures the day-to-day lives of four small, Midwestern, multigenerational family farms over the course of three years. Through an intimate, observational lens, we examine various farm stressors, policies, and politics that farmers must maneuver to survive, connecting the dots between mental health, industrialization, food production, and climate change. It is a story of perseverance, patience, and determination that tackles nothing less than the future of farming in America.
AKA Jane Roe
Editor
Em uma das decisões mais polarizadas da Suprema Corte dos Estados Unidos, Roe v. Wade, está uma mulher tão polêmica quanto o próprio caso. Norma McCorvey, também conhecida como "Jane Roe", revela a verdade por trás de sua história em um momento crítico no debate sobre o aborto nos EUA.
Aprendendo a andar de skate em uma zona de guerra (se você é uma garota)
Editor
Instalada em um espaço que serve como escola e parque de skate em Cabul, no Afeganistão, a organização sem fins lucrativos “Skateistão” ensina meninas a ler, escrever e andar de skate. Elas aprendem a ter coragem e recebem as habilidades necessárias que irão prepará-las para a vida. Vencedor do Oscar 2020 de Melhor Curta Documentário.
Tig
Editor
An intimate documentary that follows Tig Notaro, a Los Angeles based comedian, who just days after being diagnosed with invasive stage II breast cancer changed the course of her career with a poignant stand-up set that became legendary overnight. It explores Tig's extraordinary journey as her career ignites and as her life unfolds in grand and unexpected ways, all the while continuing to battle a life-threatening illness and falling in love.
Tough Love
Editor
Fighting to reunite with their children, 'Tough Love' chronicles the lives of two parents with cases in the United States child welfare system as they attempt to prove to the courts and the system that they deserve a second chance to be a parent and have a family.
American Promise
Editor
In 1999, filmmakers Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson turned the camera on themselves and began filming their five-year-old son, Idris, and his best friend, Seun, as they started kindergarten at the prestigious Dalton School just as the private institution was committing to diversify its student body. Their cameras continued to follow both families for another 12 years as the paths of the two boys diverged—one continued private school while the other pursued a very different route through the public education system.
Ballplayer: Pelotero
Editor
Two top baseball prospects in the Dominican Republic face fierce competition and corruption as they chase their big league dreams.
Love Etc.
Editor
LOVE ETC. is a witty, poignant and humorous exploration about the universal stages of love, depicted through five real stories over the course of one year in New York City. Young, old, gay, straight – everyone has experienced love – and the joy and frustration that come with it. From teen romance to a decades-long marriage; newlyweds to a recent divorcee, and even a bachelor so frustrated in his search that he chooses to have children without a partner, LOVE ETC. documents the intimate journeys of engaging characters aged 18-89 who reflect the city’s diversity, and takes an honest look at life's most challenging pursuit.
Monica & David
Editor
Explores the marriage of a young couple with Down syndrome, and the family who strives to support their needs.
Em Busca de um Sonho
Editor
Três jovens pilotos, que competem na World Karting Association's National Pavement Series. Acelerando a uma velocidade de até 70 km/h, crianças perseguem o título de Campeão Nacional e vão em direção ao maior sonho de suas vidas: um dia, serem pilotos da NASCAR.
Adolescência Americana
Editor
American Teen segue a vida de cinco adolescentes - a garota popular, o garanhão da turma, o jogador de basquete, a artista rebelde e o nerd - durante o último ano do colégio em uma pequena cidade de Indiana, nos EUA. Com uma intimidade extraordinária e uma boa dose de humor, o filme acompanha as inseguranças, os problemas, os ciúmes, as paixões e os corações partidos, e vai além dos estereótipos colegiais, revelando jovens complexos batalhando para chegar à vida adulta.
Street Fight
Editor
This documentary follows the 2002 mayoral campaign in Newark, New Jersey, in which a City Councilman, Cory Booker, attempted to unseat longtime mayor Sharpe James.
Girlhood
Editor
Documentary chronicling America's justice system. Follows two female inmates – victims of horrific violence and tragedy – who are serving time in a Maryland juvenile detention center.
The Farm: Angola, USA
Editor
Documentary depicting day to day life in Angola Prison mostly from an inmate's perspective. Interviews are with several inmates including one with a life sentence who is about to die.
Looking for Cormac
Editor
A documentary that follows the trail of our greatest living writer, Cormac McCarthy, from his origins in Knoxville, Tennessee, through New Orleans and into the vast expanse of Texas. The film deals with the terrain of the American West, McCarthyesque characters and the mystery that is your heart's desire. Join these three pilgrims as they enter the world of McCarthy, and encounter characters that seem sprung from the pages of Blood Meridian, Child of God, Suttree and other dark classics.